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WIBU to have asked this date to leave?

74 replies

PlumPavlova · 13/04/2024 21:04

I travelled to another city yesterday and had booked a hotel. Saw a friend early afternoon for some shopping. Then I met up with someone I'd been speaking to on a dating app.

She was larger than her photos showed. Fine, not a dealbreaker in itself.
We went to the bar. I got a GnT. She ordered a double rum straight up and a pint of "the strongest lager you have".
We had another round of the same.

I was already feeling off however on the way to hotel (to drop some stuff and go straight back out) she bought a bottle of wine (to avoid having to pay for drinks in bars).

At the hotel she poured a large glass of wine into a tumbler and topped it up with red bull 😧.
She then tried to convince me not to out but to stay in the hotel room for the rest of the evening.
At this point I told her I was very uncomfortable with her drinking and that we were clearly on very different pages and I didn't want the date to continue.

I tried to be supportive and give her the chance to talk about her (obvious) issues but she just kept shaking her head.
She left. I offered to call her a taxi but she declined.
I went out and this morning saw that I had 3 missed calls and 19 whatsapp messages from her.

It wasn't nerves btw as she herself said she didn't view it as a first date but rather us "finally meeting" after a few months of chatting.

She seemed very normal before yesterday. Very intelligent with a professional job etc.

WIBU?

OP posts:
Anameisaname · 14/04/2024 09:10

Red wine and red bull is definitely a deal breaker !
I think YANBU as, even if she was nervous, she clearly doesn't have an off button for booze at best, at worst it'sa crutch that she cant do without.
You don't have to justify anything really, it's off-putting for you and that's that. There's no right or wrongs, if it's not for you it's not for you

Skiphopbump · 14/04/2024 09:13

You
dodnt feel comfortable so you ended the date, it was the right thing to do.

What did her messages say?

PlumPavlova · 14/04/2024 09:21

Her messages were all sent within a few hours of the end of the date so she was still drunk and they didn't make much sense but they were essentially asking me to change my mind and give her another chance. When I didn't open/read them they got progressively more ranty before she then apologised and asked if there was any chance I would give her the opportunity to redeem herself by seeing her again.

I sent her a message last night which was kind but firm wishing her all the best. Needless to say I won't be seeing her again. I do feel for her as she is obviously struggling but it's not my issue to deal with.

Thanks all ☕️🥐

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BlancheSaysYes · 14/04/2024 09:22

I’m surprised she was so open about her drinking. Problem drinkers I know hide it, drink lime and soda then top it up with vodka on the sly. Maybe she doesn’t see herself as a heavy drinker?

Either way, you don’t need to beat yourself up about ending the date. I’ve ended dates for a lot less - poor personal hygiene, being a smoker when they’d claimed not to smoke, splitting the bill to the exact penny…

Life’s too short for bad dates.

ConfusedGin · 14/04/2024 10:09

To answer your question, no. Not unreasonable at all.

To go massively off track... I saw a video this week with James Acaster talking about Gemma Collins drinking white wine and Red Bull so I wasn't as phased by that as I would have been last weekend. But RED wine? Nope.

I have tried Kalimotxo, red wine and cola. It's not as bad as it sounds, but I don't have it by choice and definitely wouldn't waste a malbec on it.

If you're ever out of lemonade, Red Bull and pimms isn't the worst thing I've tasted.

PlumPavlova · 14/04/2024 12:14

@ConfusedGin yeah I don't even mind a bit of kalimoxto with some fruit in it in the right circumstances but that was definitely not was this lass was aiming for 😲.

She hasn't opened my message. She might not at all. If it were me I'd be so mortified that I wouldn't want to read it tbh.

Dating is fun 🤣

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dontcryformeargentina · 14/04/2024 12:35

You've done the right thing. She sounds like a liability ( no self control in regards to alcohol ). Besides, I ( F) once had a date ( M) who was roughly 25kg more than their dating app photos. It's a big difference and it really put me off him. Why people do that?

PlumPavlova · 14/04/2024 12:58

dontcryformeargentina · 14/04/2024 12:35

You've done the right thing. She sounds like a liability ( no self control in regards to alcohol ). Besides, I ( F) once had a date ( M) who was roughly 25kg more than their dating app photos. It's a big difference and it really put me off him. Why people do that?

I don't get it either @dontcryformeargentina . How can it end well for the catfisher to mislead the person they're meeting? Do they think the other person won't notice? Or won't mind? Very odd.

If she had turned out to be super lovely and good company and there was chemistry then I might have been able to overlook the fact that she hadn't been transparent about her size. I'm a 14 so not skinny myself. But I now think that the fact that wasn't open about her size, in conjunction with her being a drunken mess, was an early indicator of her generally not being a happy and confident person.

OP posts:
ArchaeoSpy · 14/04/2024 12:58

even professionals can have different vices @PlumPavlova

Concannon88 · 14/04/2024 12:59

Whats her being bigger than her photos got to do with everything else?

BodyKeepingScore · 14/04/2024 13:08

Concannon88 · 14/04/2024 12:59

Whats her being bigger than her photos got to do with everything else?

Because she deliberately misrepresented herself which helps build a picture of overall character.

FusilliNom · 14/04/2024 13:10

Of course you weren't being unreasonable. Why do you think you were? Who has told you you were?

Investinmyself · 14/04/2024 13:15

Not unreasonable. The plan of going to a hotel with a stranger to drop stuff off also seems risky - you wouldn’t do it with a man you didn’t know.

chocolatemademefat · 14/04/2024 13:19

Set your own standards and don’t apologise for them. I wouldn’t want to spend my time with someone with that amount of alcohol sloshing around inside them. Maybe she was nervous but she made the choice to drink to excess. Hardly going to impress anyone on a first meeting.

BMW6 · 14/04/2024 13:20

Concannon88 · 14/04/2024 12:59

Whats her being bigger than her photos got to do with everything else?

Deception. And really stupid.

HoppingPavlova · 14/04/2024 13:21

Yep, this is something I would not have been keen to pursue.

PossumintheHouse · 14/04/2024 13:28

Christ, she must have been so violently sick this morning. That's like the devil's cocktail.

pictoosh · 14/04/2024 13:33

You handled it well OP. I wouldn't have wanted to babysit a drunk either.
I agree that she has stuff going on that is clearly difficult but it's not your responsibility.

Dareisayiseethesunshine · 14/04/2024 13:44

Being that pissed made her vulnerable and unsafe (herself not you) .. After all she didn't know you.. Carrying on with the evening left you wide open for accusations also imo. Pissed past consent I mean... We don't know you either op.. You could be the weirdo in this scenario for all we know!

stuckdownahole · 14/04/2024 13:45

You did the right thing OP but basically the first thing you learn online dating is that you need to meet the person early in the process. If they are evasive, there's always a problem.

EveryOtherNameTaken · 14/04/2024 14:14

Concannon88 · 14/04/2024 12:59

Whats her being bigger than her photos got to do with everything else?

It's dishonest. Red flag. Just like it would be with any misrepresentation.

Traitedevinification · 14/04/2024 14:22

Most people are more well behaved than usual on a first date so I think you did the right thing op.

The nineteen WhatsApp messages are another huge red flag.

Feel sorry for this person who obviously has issues but maybe they will learn from this?

NancyPickford · 14/04/2024 16:08

@Concannon88 because she was lying about what she looked like.

Bigcat25 · 14/04/2024 16:25

Not unreasonable. It's you're private bedroom, you don't need to have anyone spend the night that you're not comfortable with. I wouldn't want to manage someone passed out drunk that I barely knew overnight.

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